Harvesting honey from my backyard bee hives.
Category: Beekeeping
Hive Deadout & Wax Moth Damage
While I was out of commission dealing with my back, one of the bee colonies decided to swarm and then fully abscond, leaving a deadout hive.
Queen Bee Replacement
Replacing two queens in the apiary.
One colony has a feral queen and the other has an older queen that hasn’t been laying. Replacing both with new mated Italian queens from Olivarez.
Notebook LLM takes a look at my recent video
I ran my most recent bee video through NotebookLM to see what kind of podcast it would create.
NotebookLM turned a three minute video into a five minute podcast in seconds
Moving swarm colony into a brood box
Moving the ladies out of the swarm trap and into a deep brood box.
Moving a bee swarm trap
More adventures in beekeeping.
A swarm moved into a a trap a few days ago. Moving them to the apiary where I can feed and inspect them.
Bee Hive Inspection – May 8th, 2025
Today’s bee hive inspection
Bee hive inspection – April 7th, 2025
Did a short inspection of the hives yesterday.
Bee Hive Inspection – March 9th, 2025
A short inspection of the hives. Be prepared, I say ‘brood’ a lot in this one.